The Queen is pictured with three future kings in a series of images to mark the christening of third in line to the throne, Prince George.

The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has said he is encouraged by the rate of growth of the UK economy.

The global gender gap is narrowing, a World Economic Forum report suggests, with Nordic countries leading the way but Arab nations lagging behind.

Dozens of people are injured in an explosion and fire at a sweet factory in the northern Mexico city of Ciudad Juarez.

Female prisoners could serve their sentences nearer to where they live in a bid to cut reoffending, the Ministry of Justice is to announce.

Staff at Grangemouth are waiting to hear if owner Ineos will grant a reprieve to the closure-threatened petrochemical plant.

A man is found guilty of the attempted murder of County Armagh woman Natasha McShane and her friend Stacy Jurich in Chicago three years ago.

Start-up founder Leah Busque describes how running out of dog food inspired her to create online errand-running business Taskrabbit.